Chapter 177 (2): High Reverend and Her Boy Toy
Boom!
Following the explosion, one wall of the exhibition hall collapsed, scattering glass and rubble everywhere. A knight's armor on a warhorse statue fell and shattered, and a few nearby uniformed soldiers were broken into pieces by the sturdy cannonball. Charred stone limbs fell on the ground haphazardly, making grey dust rise at the impact.
The second wave of attacks ended. The mana disturbance grew increasingly intense, and arrays of magic circles projected into the history exhibition hall, covering the entire floor.
“Another spatial barrier...” Filomina spat. “Wayne, do you people from the Ministry of Magic know nothing but underhanded trickery?”
“Please watch the friendly fire. I’m on your side.”
Wayne didn’t consider himself part of the Ministry of Magic. He only became a nominal member because of the Lando family.
While they conversed, he flexed his muscles, and Filomina let go of his arm to draw her personal weapons from her dark domain—the Pistol of Full Moon and a single-edged sword she had acquired to temporarily replace her old blade.
The Single-edged Sword of Waning Moon was a weapon tailor-made for her, the cost too high to recreate shortly. She thus acquired a placeholder.
She turned to Wayne, silently telling him to give her blade back if he knew any shame. Wayne pretended not to notice. He would accept a trade, but whoever brought it up first would be at a disadvantage; he refused to sell the loot he had gotten at the risk of his life at a low price.
Growl—
A magic circle opened up a spatial gateway. The familiar dragon-blooded mutants emerged, this time with no firearms but only fire in their hearts.
“They aren’t teleportation portals. The Ministry of Magic has long set up the ambush.” Filomina made the judgment from the patterns of the magic circle. “Toss the schedule. We’ll go wherever we want in the future.”